The Malian government says it will suspend broadcasts of Radio France Internationale and France 24 television in the country. The announcement followed reports by French media and a rights group that the Malian army has committed human rights abuses in recent months. Mali's military government issued a statement Thursday that it will "initiate proceedings" to "suspend, until further notice" RFI and France 24 broadcasts in Mali. The move came after RFI and Human Rights Watch reported on human rights abuse allegations against Mali's army. The government said the allegations are false and are part of a "strategy aimed at destabilizing the transition, demoralizing the Malian people, and discrediting the valiant armed forces." Human Rights Watch published a report on Tuesday that included alleged witness accounts of executions and other abuses committed by Malian soldiers and, separately, by Islamist extremists. The report also includes interviews with ...